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By: Jason Evans. March 26, What You Need to Know: Coronavirus. How It Spreads. What to do if you are sick. WHO Resources. Travel Advice. Your Questions Answered. State Resources and Information. Guidance for Schools. Governor's Office. The same goes for Lyn Rollins. The year-old television play-by-play man is thankful that he was drifting into retirement anyhow.

Soccer, softball, volleyball, football, you name it and Rollins has done it. He missed the busiest time of his year. Under contract as full-time staff members, they earn a guaranteed salary. However, even some full-timers missed additional income. Their contracts are often structured to allow extra pay for games they work beyond what their contract requires. One ESPN broadcaster, granted anonymity, estimates that he lost about one-quarter of his income. ESPN freelance broadcasters and crew members got a gift from the network.

ESPN paid crews for events that they were scheduled to work through mid-April, about a month into the shutdown. When the stimulus ends on July 31, he might have to tap into his retirement. Is football going to happen?

At colleges around the country, play-by-play radio broadcasters are hurting as well. Many of them are on furlough, some at least through July—and maybe longer. He expects to remain in Starkville, of course, but when exactly will his new deal begin? Broadcasters have used the downtime in an assortment of ways. Rollins has practiced calling games with a mask, recording himself and listening back to hear a sound that horrifies him: a low, muffled rumble as if he were broadcasting a game within a phone booth.

To keep their voices sharp, broadcasters have re-called old games while watching them on TV or computer. A few have evaluated their own broadcasts, re-listening to their calls in an effort to improve the quality. Vaccinated travellers will no longer need a compelling reason to enter France, or have to isolate.

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What is China's Covid plan for the Olympics? We do not see virtual as a substitute for trade shows but rather as a powerful complement to them. More reliance on virtual should help suppliers have more continuous relationships with their customers as well. A more proactive digital presence by suppliers through tools like webinars and customer surveys should at least partly compensate for the lost time at events.

As mentioned earlier, the industry is more reliant on software than it has ever been, which makes this a good time for making a temporary move to virtual.

Greater Demand for Entertainment Earlier, we have talked about how advertising revenues are being hit by the macroeconomic crisis created by the virus. This does not really apply to subscriptions. Subscriptions are a more stable and predictable revenue source which comes directly from consumers. Yes, consumers will be hit by the decline in business activity but expect governments to intervene to mitigate the socio-economic fallout of this situation.

Italy provides a good example of this. Also, expect consumers to drastically shift their consumption preferences during this period and view digital entertainment products more as necessities as they increasingly spend more time at home. This does not apply to all types of subscriptions but mostly to those that rely on scripted content — as noted earlier, sports may be strongly hit by the cancellation of events.

As a result of more countries adopting lockdown measures, streaming consumption is skyrocketing, which has led several OTT providers such as Netflix to cut the quality of their streaming. If we look at the revenue sources of media technology suppliers, subscriptions are also more likely not to be hit by the more uncertain economic environment compared to large license fees and deals — see chart above. Virtual Media Technology Trends Coming back to media technology investment, although uncertainty will impair spending as in most other sectors, some broadcast and media organizations may be forced to take a more digital approach to cope with the increased risk of physical contact.

In some sectors, there has been some aversion to the risk of investing in new technologies due to their potential impact on current operations. Risk preferences may shift radically as a result of this external shock. Our Tracker certainly underlines this. Technologies such as cloud are key to successful direct-to-consumer models and enable workflows to be conducted remotely. As direct-to-consumer benefits from the greater demand for entertainment and physical contacts are minimized worldwide, more investment could go into virtualizing operations.

This transition is not going to happen overnight as it is a complex one.